Help Center/Direct Connect/API Reference/API/Global DC Gateways/Creating a Global DC Gateway
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Creating a Global DC Gateway

Function

This API is used to create a global DC gateway that can be attached to an enterprise router.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/dcaas/global-dc-gateways

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Specifies the project ID.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 36

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Specifies the user token. To obtain the token, see section "Obtaining the User Token" in the Identity and Access Management API Reference. The token is the value of X-Subject-Token in the response header.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 10240

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

global_dc_gateway

Yes

CreateGlobalDcGateway object

Specifies the global DC gateway to be created.

Table 4 CreateGlobalDcGateway

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

tenant_id

No

String

Specifies the tenant ID.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

name

Yes

String

Specifies the name of the global DC gateway.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 64

description

No

String

Provides supplementary information about the global DC gateway.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

bgp_asn

No

Long

Specifies the ASN assigned to the global DC gateway.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4294967295

enterprise_project_id

No

String

Specifies the ID of the enterprise project that the global DC gateway belongs to.

Default: 0

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 36

address_family

No

String

Specifies the IP address family of the global DC gateway.

  • ipv4: Only IPv4 is supported.

  • dual: Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.

tags

No

Array of Tag objects

Specifies the tag added to the global DC gateway.

Array Length: 0 - 10

Table 5 Tag

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key

Yes

String

Specifies the tag key. The key can contain a maximum of 36 Unicode characters, including letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 36

value

No

String

Specifies the tag value. The value can contain a maximum of 43 Unicode characters, including letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.).

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 43

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

global_dc_gateway

CreateGlobalDcGatewayEntry object

Specifies the global DC gateway.

request_id

String

Specifies the request ID.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 36

Table 7 CreateGlobalDcGatewayEntry

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Specifies the global DC gateway ID.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 36

tenant_id

String

Specifies the project ID.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

name

String

Specifies the name of the global DC gateway.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 64

description

String

Provides supplementary information about the global DC gateway.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 128

enterprise_project_id

String

Specifies the ID of the enterprise project that the global DC gateway belongs to.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 36

global_center_network_id

String

Specifies the ID of the central network that the global DC gateway is added to.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 36

bgp_asn

Long

Specifies the BGP ASN of the global DC gateway.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 65535

region_id

String

Specifies the region of the global DC gateway.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 36

location_name

String

Specifies the location of the global DC gateway.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 36

current_peer_link_count

Integer

Specifies the number of peer links allowed on a global DC gateway, indicating the number of enterprise routers that the global DC gateway can be attached to.

available_peer_link_count

Integer

Specifies the number of peer links that can be created for a global DC gateway.

tags

Array of Tag objects

Specifies the tag added to the global DC gateway.

Array Length: 0 - 10

admin_state_up

Boolean

Specifies the administrative status of the global DC gateway.

  • true: The global DC gateway is available.

  • false: The global DC gateway is frozen.

status

String

Specifies the status of the global DC gateway.- DOWN: The global DC gateway is faulty.- PENDING_UPDATE: The global DC gateway is being updated.- ACTIVE: The global DC gateway is available.- ERROR: An error occurred.

created_time

String

Specifies the time when the global DC gateway was created.

address_family

String

Specifies the IP address family of the global DC gateway.

  • ipv4: Only IPv4 is supported.

  • dual: Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.

Table 8 Tag

Parameter

Type

Description

key

String

Specifies the tag key. The key can contain a maximum of 36 Unicode characters, including letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 36

value

String

Specifies the tag value. The value can contain a maximum of 43 Unicode characters, including letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.).

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 43

Example Requests

Creating a global DC gateway

POST https://{dc_endpoint}/v3/b197c48159d44a66b32c538c3f8da89a/dcaas/global-dc-gateways

{
  "global_dc_gateway" : {
    "bgp_asn" : "64512",
    "description" : "",
    "enterprise_project_id" : "0",
    "name" : "dgw-2c18",
    "tags" : [ {
      "key" : "key1",
      "value" : "value1"
    } ],
    "address_family" : "ipv4"
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 201

Created

  • Global DC gateway that has been created

    {
  "request_id" : "2e97ccd07037d0f48abc620979b65976",
  "global_dc_gateway" : {
    "enterprise_project_id" : "0",
    "name" : "dgw-2c18",
    "id" : "71f6ac9b-2745-4fb8-96c8-9d97d969c4b5",
    "tenant_id" : "b197c48159d44a66b32c538c3f8da89a",
    "description" : "",
    "status" : "DOWN",
    "tags" : [ {
      "key" : "key1",
      "value" : "value1"
    } ],
    "admin_state_up" : true,
    "created_time" : "2024-12-11T23:33:19.000Z",
    "bgp_asn" : 64512,
    "global_center_network_id" : null,
    "current_peer_link_count" : null,
    "available_peer_link_count" : 3,
    "location_name" : null,
    "region_id" : null,
    "address_family" : "ipv4"
  }
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

201

Created

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent Topic: Global DC Gateways